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JAMES M FRANCIS
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JAMES M FRANCIS

Listed Specialty: Nephrology
1401 HARRODSBURG RD, C-335, LEXINGTON, KY, 40504-3751
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DR. JAMES FRANCIS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

25

payments

$2,324

payment total

8

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Travel and Lodging
 3 $1,787
Food and Beverage
 22 $537

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
FLAIR

device

 $1,641
FLUENCY

device

 $395
LUTONIX

device

 $104
JYNARQUE

drug

 $73
VELTASSA

drug

 $67
PARSABIV

drug

 $46
SENSIPAR

drug

 $25
ACTHAR

drug

 $23
FABRY-DISEASE

drug

 $19
FABRAZYME

drug

 $18
SOLIRIS

drug

 $17
XARELTO

drug

 $13
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Apr 25, 2018 $1,098 FLAIR Travel and Lodging BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $427 FLAIR Travel and Lodging BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 3, 2018 $262 FLUENCY Travel and Lodging BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 28, 2018 $104 LUTONIX Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $101 FLUENCY FLAIR Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $23 ACTHAR Food and Beverage MALLINCKRODT LLC
Nov 27, 2018 $22 JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
May 4, 2018 $21 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Aug 6, 2018 $21 JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Dec 17, 2018 $19 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Apr 25, 2018 $19 FABRY-DISEASE Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
May 31, 2018 $18 FABRAZYME Food and Beverage GENZYME CORPORATION
Jun 27, 2018 $18 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Feb 5, 2018 $17 FLUENCY Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 20, 2018 $17 SOLIRIS Food and Beverage ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
May 22, 2018 $16 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Nov 7, 2018 $15 JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Feb 6, 2018 $15 FLAIR FLUENCY Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $15 JYNARQUE Food and Beverage OTSUKA AMERICA PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
Jun 27, 2018 $14 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $13 PARSABIV Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $13 SENSIPAR Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
May 1, 2018 $13 VELTASSA Food and Beverage RELYPSA, INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $13 XARELTO Food and Beverage JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
Jul 26, 2018 $12 SENSIPAR Food and Beverage AMGEN INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.